(Source: humansofnewyork)
FACT: chickens are dinosaurs.
All I said was: “May I take a picture of you and your son?”
Then this happened.
Twinsies!
Though the winners have already finished, the marathon’s real heroes are just warming up.
“I like your bear.”
“He’s not mine! He belongs to the whole class!”
The painter heard me laughing and, without looking down, said “Boogie’s looking at you sideways, isn’t he?”
I think I just felt jealous of a dog.
When I came upon these two, Dad had just finished shooting and was sitting down for a rest. The boy was kneeling down, trying to get his small hands around the ball that Dad had left behind. I asked for a portrait, and suggested that Dad lift the boy up— just like the portrait shows.
When I walked away, I glanced back over my shoulder. Instead of returning to the bench where I’d found him, Dad was now down on his knees— trying to teach the boy to dribble.
I found it poetic how the perception created by the portrait led to an actual change in behavior. The man wanted to be the Dad in the portrait— teaching the boy to play. Even though I’m sure he’s already a wonderful father, the portrait reminded him to keep being so.
There’s a healthy pressure to live up to others’ perceptions of us. It’s a pressure created by healthy communities. It’s the pressure that turns children into good adults. And adults into good parents.
Today in Science News: A local genius has discovered that if you tie one hundred cute things together, you get ONE GIANT CUTE THING.
Sometimes you don’t mind getting stared at on the subway.
I could probably figure out a way to do this. I just don’t think I’d be able to figure out how to undo it.
Not sure that I’ve ever been so honored to introduce someone as I am right now.
Gac Filipaj is a refugee from the former Yugoslavia. For the past twelve years, he has worked as a janitor for Columbia University. His job title is “Heavy Cleaner,” which includes emptying the trash and cleaning the toilets.
During this time, he worked until 11pm every night during the week. After his shift concluded, he would start studying. This weekend, after twelve years of study, Gac graduated from Columbia University with a Classics degree. Rarely have so many qualities I admire been wrapped up in a single person.
To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
Chess, like soccer, is a common thread between so many cultures.
I love how little kids can dance to any music… and the dance never really changes all that much.
